1935-05-27 — Page 9

FAVOURABLE

COMPARISON

IS REPORTED China Underwriters. Annual Meeting

LOCAL CONDITIONS DO NOT GREATLY AFFECT THE COMPANY'S RESULTS

A favourable comparison of the various accounts under re- view, as against the previous year. was given by the Chair- man. Mr. A. L. Shields. at the eleventh annual general meeting of the China Underwriters. Ltd. which was held this morning at the Registered offices of the Company.

The Chairman was supported by Mr. Li Tse-fong. Mr. Mok Ching-kong. Mr. C. A. da. Roza and Mr. H. R. Sturt (Directors) and Mr.ER Childe. AIA- . (Secretary).

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Shareholders were represented by Messrs. H. Turner, represent-; 4ing Messrs. Deacons, the Com

pany's Solicitors. Mr. I. W. She wan. representing Messex She-

Tomes and Co. Generali

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Agents H. J. M. de Figueiredo, W. J. Carrol, Wong Chung-ho, Wong So. E. Rouillon. W. J. Pirie. E Leitao. James Hunter and A. Gillard.

CHAIRMAN SPEECH

The Chairman. Mr. A Shields, in his review of the year, said.

ket rate on

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1935

Capt. Anthony Eden scratches his head at a question that came up in the discussion of the German threat to the peace of Europe in the recent conversations in Moscow with M. Joseph Stalin (centre), Soviet Dictator, and V. M. Molotov Commissar for the Russian War Department.

POLICE OFFICER

RESISTED

CHINESE DECLARES CHARGE FALSE

GAOL SENTENCE

A

crowd of

LARGE AREA FOR

AGRICULTURE OPENED UP

Flood Control In. Hupeh Province

GIGANTIC ENGINEERING WORK COMPLETED

Shanghai.

To-day's Short Story.

THE GREAT MOUNTAINS

By John Steinbeck

TN the humming beat of a mid- knew about them

summer afternoon the little. "What's on the other side?" be boy Jody listlessly looked about asked his father once.

"More mountains guess. Why?" "And on the other side of them?" "More mountains. Why?" v "More mountains on and on*** "Well no. At last you come to

the ranch for something to đó. He had been to the barn, häd thrown rocks at the swallows nests under the eaves until every one of the little mud houses broke open and dropped its lining the ocean.” of straw and dirty feathers. He was bored with the long hot Lefternoon.

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Jody lay on his back in the grass and looked up at the dumpling summer clouds. By closing one eye and destroying perspective be brought, them down, within reach so that he could put up his fingers and stroke them. He helped the gentle wind push them down the!. sky: it seemed to him that they

went faster for his help. One fat white cloud he helped clear to the

mountain rims and pressed it firm-

"But what's in the mountain's ?” *Just cliffs and brush and rocks and dryness."

"Were you"ever there?". "Na-

"Has anybody ever been there?

TO-MORROWES STORY

To-morrow's story will be *French Polish." by Michael Home.

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over, out of sight Jody won- dered what it was seeing, them.

"A few people, I guess. It's He sat up the better to look at the dangerous, with cliffs and things. great mountains where they went Why, I've read there's more un- piling back, growing darker and explored country in the mountains more savage until they finished with of Monterey County than any place one jagged ridge, high up against in the United States," His father the west Curious secret moun-seemed proud that this should be so. tains: he thought of the little be

PERUVIAN AGAIN IN COURT

Returns To Colony From Macao

ENQUIRIES TO BE MADE

"And at last the ocea

"At last the ocean.**** "But," the boy insisted, "but in between? No one knows?**

"Oh a few people do I guess. But there's nothing there to get And not much water: Just rocks. and cliffs and greasewood. Why?”

"It would be good to go.. "What for? There's nothing there.*

Jody knew something was there,

wonderful because.

For assaulting and resisting á police officer while he was executing his duty in Hollywood Road, Lai Man, an 18-year-old unemployed, was this morning fined $15, in de- In connection with the engin- fault three weeks' imprisonment by eering work on, and the comple- ¡Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Cen- tion of, the Kinskui sinice in In the accounts Rupees and jtral Police Court.

Hupeh, the Shanghai Office of Straits Dollars have been con-! It was stated that about 10.40 the National Economic Council verted to Sterling at the pari-pm on Saturday an Indian con-on Saturday last made public the, ties. Silver currencies have been stable had arrested a female hawker following details:- converted to Hong Kong dollars who refused to go to: the Police "On April 28th the Kinshai and other currencies to sterling Station.

Chinese sluice was formally inaugurated: at the current monthly rates for started to pick up mud and stones "This completes the Kinshni re- revenue purposes and at the mar-to' throw at the constable. Defen-clamation project in Hupeh Pro- Appearing before Mr. E. I something very

December 31, 1934. dant was one of them and was ar-vince. Nearly 240 square miles Wynne Jones at the Kowloon it wasn't known, something secret! aland. mysterious. He could feel for balance sheet purposes. The rested.. He struggled with the con-or fertile ground, formerly under Magistracy this morning on-

himself that this was 30. figures are then combined at stable and struck him a number of water for a part of each year. charge of returning from ban-within 1-814d 28 compared with times before another constable, have, been made available for agri-ishment without an authorised He said to his mother, "Do you 1:54d. last year.

permit, Antonio Maritions a 30-[know what's in the big mountains?"", hearing police whistles, arrived on culture. The effect of the conversion the scene.

She looked at him and then back "The Kinshui is a tributary of year-old unemployed, and a na- of gold figures in the silver ac Defendant denied the charge and the Yangtze, running into that tive of Peru, Chacoa. pleaded at the ferocious range, and she count at the higher rate of ex-said that he, was carrying a basket river about twenty miles above that he was forced to return to said, "Only the bear, I guess." change is of course,

as the authorities "What bear?”. to reduce of lichees when the constable, who Hankow. It was formerly a source Hong Kong the combined figures shown on was chasing him.

"Why the one that went over the fell. Не was of great danger since the Yangtze would not allow him to stay in both sides of the account. I will,

mountain to see what he could see.” caught by another constable and on waters, whenever the river was in Macao without a passport.

Jody questioned Billy Back, the therefore endeavour to indicate the way to the station the two made food, backed up the Kinshui in- Detective-Sergeant Franklin, of the actual trading results

Yaumati Police Station,ranch händ, undating a large area in the hin-'the

about the possibility each department independently

stated that he had been banished of ancient cities lost in the moan- terland

"In 1932 the situation drew the in October last year for a period tains, but Billy agreed with Jody's attention of the National Govern- of 10 years. and, upon his own father..

centralise request. he had been sent to ment, which plans to the control of water conservancy, Macao and in the next year the National

of exchange.

Improvement In Straits

in up this story against him. .

"In the Life Assurance De- partment the improvement shown

in the Straits last year has con-

AMERICAN IN TROUBLE

tinued, but our Ceylon figures Enters Colony Without

have been somewhat disappoint- ing and Java has not recovered

in any way from the depression.

currencies.

Valid Passport

An expulsion order WES

ito return to Macao at once.

He added that the defendant Economic Council began a large was not allowed back in Peru, scale operation on plans drawn up nor was he allowed where any On defendant's record were this the League of Nations." Yangtze Harnessed

previous convictions for failing.

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"It ain't likely," Billy said. “There'd be nothing to eat unless a kind of people that can eat rocks live there

That

was all the information

in consultation with engineers of Peruvian people were living. Jody ever got, and it made the

OF

mountains dear

to him, and ter- of the

When the

"In Hong Kong and South morning made against Oscar Mater China, the conditions have cer- Mayer, a South American commis- A stone and earth dan was tion in 1923, being drunk and miles of ridge after ridge until st

to return to the House of Deten-rible. He thought often tainly not improved. but they sion agent, by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfad-built across the mouth of the Kin- incapable in 1925, and for being

last there was the sea. have only slightly affected the yen at the Central Police Court, for shai, thus preventing the ingress in the Colony with no valid pass they invited him among them: and peaks were pink in the morning Company's results.

entering the Colony without a valid of the Yangtze Waters. Over 2,000 port in 1934. "New business gold premiums

labourers were employed in its passport on Saturday.

At Sgt Franklin's request the when the sun had gone over the are higher than last year owing Defendant pleaded guilty, but construction, and as many as 250 defendant was remanded for one edge in the evening and the moun- to the recovery in the Straits and said that he had only come down boats were at one time employed week for enquiries.

tains were a purple-like- despair, silver premiums are only slight-from Macao with the sole object of in carrying earth.

then Jody was afraid of them; ly reduced..

arranging his passage with the "To dispose of the water "Total income has also slight- OSK

from from flood, the operation perman-then they were so impersonal” and He regretted if he had the Kinshui a sluice was built ently recovered a large area for aloof that their very imperturba- ly increased in gold currencies and slightly decreased in silver broken the law and fully intended that will allow the rainfall col-agriculture The total cost was bility was a threat."

•lected behind the dam in the sum-less than one million dollars, Now he turned his head toward the east, the "Claims by death again show

Sergeant Mottram said that de-mer months to be discharged safe under $1 for every mow of land the mountains of

and they were jolly a very considerable reduction fendant was arrested on board the ly into the Yangtze when the river reclaimed for cultivation. Enough Gabians,

The produce can be raised in one year mountains, with hill ranches in from the previous year, being Macao boat He was a resident of is low during the winter. only about a third of those for Macao and in March 1933, he had slnice contains three big tunnels from the reclaimed area to recoup their creases, and with pine trees

a rocky. hill the entire capital outky. -

growing on

the crests. People 1933 In this figure we have de-applied for permission to come to driven through

which the entire dis- "The Government is now settling Eved there, and battles had been ducted the amount of St.$15,000 Hong Kong for three weeks to ar-through

area. fought against the Mexicans on the reserved last year against a range his passage with a Japanese charge of the Kinshui river is con-farmers on the recovered claim which has since been re-shipping company. The Police conveyed. These tunnels are so large giving each an average of twenty slopes. He looked back for pudiated for fraud.

sidered three weeks too long, but that two locomotives could easily mow of land. Not only are the instant "Surrenders of Gold policies were willing to allow him 48 hours; pass abreast through each of them most up-to-date methods of culti-shivered a little at the contrast. show a marked decrease and, while he was informed of this, but noth-The flow of the river through the vation being taught, but experi- The foothill cup of the home ranch was sunny and safe. surrenders of Silver policies showing further was heard. Defendant, tunnels is regulated by three largements are being made with an im- below him

weighing proved social and economic organ-The house gleamed with white light an increase, the net result is again he said, knew that he was not allow-steel a gratifying decrease.

and the barn was brown and warm. ed in Hong Kong unless he obtained eighteen tons apiece which can isation.

task of the Govern-The red cows on the farther hill "Expenses,

nevertheless, because of special! "The next commis-permission.

roller bearings, be operated by ment is to construct modern ate their way slowly towards the

excluding

sions, show a decrease from £11,54 |

to 58.729 in Gold, and from $134, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

245 to $122,803. In Silver. Reduc tions have been made both at thej Head Office and at Brancher.

Life Assurance Fund Increases

"The Life Assurance Fund, after, taking up an exchange adjustment of $92,367 arising from converting last year's Gold balance at the dea!

IN CELL

Banishee Pleads For Death Sentence

control gates

a

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at the Great Ones and

four coolies. These gates are the lock, making possible navigation north. Even the dark cypress tree

Russian And 17-Year-Old

Son Expelled From Colony

first sliding gates of this charac-between the Yangtze and Kinshni by the bunkhouse was usual and ter to be installed in the Yangtze rivers, thus providing cheap trans- safe. The chickens scratched about valley.

portation for the area through in the dust of the farmyard with Flood Protection

which the Kinshai passés.”

|quick waltzing steps..... Besides protecting the district (Cheiriat Agency). ^

*Then à moving figure caught Jody's eye A man walked slowly over the brow of the hill, on the road from Salinas,... and he was Poon Chui was this morning sen- rate, shows an increase from $189-tenced to six months" hard labour

headed, toward the house. Jody | 082 to $209,596. The increase in by Mr. Q A. A Macfadyen at the

stood up and moved down toward the Gold Fund amounted to £10,244, Central Police Court for breach of

the house too, for if someone was while there was a decrease in the the deportation ordinance.

Andreas Edward Heinrich, a 44- to the Colong to get a letter from coming, be wanted to be there to Silver Fund of $16,046. But for

Sergeant Goodwin said that the year-old Russian, and his son. Lanepart and was then going see the exchange adjustment the fand defendant had tried to commit sui- Alexander, aged 17, were this that he could have gone to Canton house the walking, man was only

to Canton. Sergeant Mottram said By the time the boy had got fol would have shown an increase of cide by banging his head against morning charged before Mr. Q. A direct from Macae and that the half-way down the road, a lean over $100,000.

the wall of the cel In the Fire Insurance Depart

A. Macfadyen at the Central Police letter could have been forwarded man, very straight in the shoulder Defendant asked His Worship to ment, the premium income shows a pass the death sentence on him as Court with entering the Colony to him. Defendant had a Mac Jody could tell he was old only be residential document, but it had no cause his heels struck the ground small reduction in Gold premis he hated to see anybody. He had without valid passports. while the silver premiums are very returned to Hong Kong to try and

Sergeant Mottram said that the British vise

with hard jerks. As he approached nearly up to last year's figure

"Claims, less salvage recoveries, get some money from his brother art defendant was admitted into His son was now just of the age nearer, Jody saw that he was dress-

the Colony in July 1924 as he was when a passport was required with which, to enter in partnership show a decrease and represent ཐཱ very moderate proportion of the with a friend of his in the fruit aged on some scheme in Hong and was therefore charged with the

Kong. This, however, fell through the premiums. Both gold and silver business, but falled. The friend expenses have been reduced had already sold his daughter and was waiting for his share of the on Pare T

capital

offence.

and, he was asked to leave the His Worship made out an Colony

pulsion order for Defendant said that he returned to be returned.

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